The Effectiveness of World Bank Support for Community-Based and -Driven Development : Safeguard Policy Review

The Safeguards Policy Review is one of two thematic studies, called the effectiveness of World Bank support for community-based and -driven development, (CBD/CDD Study). The study reviewed project appraisal, supervision, and completion documents fo...

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Main Authors: Whitford, Peter, Mathur, Kavita
Format: Evaluation
Language:English
English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/785161468314078895/The-effectiveness-of-World-Bank-support-for-community-based-and-driven-development-background-paper-safeguard-policy-review
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spelling okr-10986-367092021-12-10T05:10:52Z The Effectiveness of World Bank Support for Community-Based and -Driven Development : Safeguard Policy Review Whitford, Peter Mathur, Kavita HEALTH SECTOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING AND SCIENCE PROMOTION SAFEGUARD POLICIES MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF FOREST URBAN AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT PHYSICAL CULTURAL RESOURCES QUALITY OF SUPERVISION NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SAFETY OF DAM MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL The Safeguards Policy Review is one of two thematic studies, called the effectiveness of World Bank support for community-based and -driven development, (CBD/CDD Study). The study reviewed project appraisal, supervision, and completion documents for a sample of 84 projects to assess their compliance with the Bank's safeguard policies. A further review of the design and implementation experience of the same sample of CBD/CDD projects was done to help identify challenges CBD/CDD operations face in applying the Bank's safeguards and assess the extent to which the interventions complied with safeguard requirements. Four broad themes emerge from the analysis: (a) although there has been clear improvement, safeguard compliance in CBD/CDD projects does not yet fully meet Bank standards; (b) while quality at entry needs improvement, safeguards compliance during implementation warrants much greater attention by the Bank and borrowers, and may indicate the need for greater allocation of supervision resources; (c) gaps in the compliance system may be leading to significant environmental and social impacts, which may not be caught by the monitoring and reporting systems typically used; and (d) the Bank appears to have particular difficulty in ensuring safeguard compliance in its largest borrowers. 2021-12-09T17:26:49Z 2021-12-09T17:26:49Z 2006 Evaluation http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/785161468314078895/The-effectiveness-of-World-Bank-support-for-community-based-and-driven-development-background-paper-safeguard-policy-review http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36709 English en CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: IEG Evaluation Benin China Poland
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topic HEALTH SECTOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING AND SCIENCE PROMOTION
SAFEGUARD POLICIES
MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN
WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT
SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF FOREST
URBAN AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
PHYSICAL CULTURAL RESOURCES
QUALITY OF SUPERVISION
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
SAFETY OF DAM
MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL
spellingShingle HEALTH SECTOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING AND SCIENCE PROMOTION
SAFEGUARD POLICIES
MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN
WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT
SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF FOREST
URBAN AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
PHYSICAL CULTURAL RESOURCES
QUALITY OF SUPERVISION
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
SAFETY OF DAM
MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL
Whitford, Peter
Mathur, Kavita
The Effectiveness of World Bank Support for Community-Based and -Driven Development : Safeguard Policy Review
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China
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description The Safeguards Policy Review is one of two thematic studies, called the effectiveness of World Bank support for community-based and -driven development, (CBD/CDD Study). The study reviewed project appraisal, supervision, and completion documents for a sample of 84 projects to assess their compliance with the Bank's safeguard policies. A further review of the design and implementation experience of the same sample of CBD/CDD projects was done to help identify challenges CBD/CDD operations face in applying the Bank's safeguards and assess the extent to which the interventions complied with safeguard requirements. Four broad themes emerge from the analysis: (a) although there has been clear improvement, safeguard compliance in CBD/CDD projects does not yet fully meet Bank standards; (b) while quality at entry needs improvement, safeguards compliance during implementation warrants much greater attention by the Bank and borrowers, and may indicate the need for greater allocation of supervision resources; (c) gaps in the compliance system may be leading to significant environmental and social impacts, which may not be caught by the monitoring and reporting systems typically used; and (d) the Bank appears to have particular difficulty in ensuring safeguard compliance in its largest borrowers.
format Evaluation
author Whitford, Peter
Mathur, Kavita
author_facet Whitford, Peter
Mathur, Kavita
author_sort Whitford, Peter
title The Effectiveness of World Bank Support for Community-Based and -Driven Development : Safeguard Policy Review
title_short The Effectiveness of World Bank Support for Community-Based and -Driven Development : Safeguard Policy Review
title_full The Effectiveness of World Bank Support for Community-Based and -Driven Development : Safeguard Policy Review
title_fullStr The Effectiveness of World Bank Support for Community-Based and -Driven Development : Safeguard Policy Review
title_full_unstemmed The Effectiveness of World Bank Support for Community-Based and -Driven Development : Safeguard Policy Review
title_sort effectiveness of world bank support for community-based and -driven development : safeguard policy review
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2021
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/785161468314078895/The-effectiveness-of-World-Bank-support-for-community-based-and-driven-development-background-paper-safeguard-policy-review
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